Marble-shooter.



N. G. NELSON. MARBLE SHOOTER. APPLIUATION FILED 00T. z5, 191s.

5. l 06,830. Patented Aug. 11, 19M

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To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that 1, Nnns G. NELSON, a citizen ot' the United States, residing in the city or' Rockford, county of lVinnebago, and State ot illinois, have invented cert-ain new andfusetul improvements in Marble-Shooters, of which the following is a specification.

nilly invention relates tortoys and has paricnlar reference to mechanical devices for shooting marbles, and is designed to save the knuckles ot the marble-playing boy and add to his ma rble-playing the tun ol? target practice with a gun in a harmless manner.

l am aware that marble-shooters have heretofore been provided and the object of the present invention is to provide a construction and arrangement ot parts which will place the price or" the shooter within the usual small boys purchasing capacity, remove the liabilities of injury to lthe boys hand, aud obviate the usual troubles of loading or charging which have made guns of this character heretofore unacceptable as a substitute for fingers and knuckles.

With these objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction, combina tion and arrangement of parts hereinafter described in detail, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and incorporated in the appended claims. 1

In the drawing-Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through a gun embodying my invention, same being substantially one of two identical halves ot' the body of the gun or shooter together with the interior mechanism. Fig. 2 is an outside view showing the hammer or thrower cooking lever'. Fig. 3 is a section taken substantially on line 3-3 ot Fig. 1. Fig. t is a section taken substantially on line 4 4 ot Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a reduced outside view ot the shooter showing the position of the missile or marble in ,y

dotted lines when the shooter is pointed downward, this position obviating the usual provisions for holding the load, charge or missile in place.

is shown in Figs. 1 and 5 the bore 2 of the barrel 3 of the gun or shooter, terminates in the handle portion or stock 4- in a semicircular bore 5 the bottom ot which extends forwardly toward the muzzle sutlciciently to place the loaded missile or marble beyond the bend in the semi-circular portion 5 and thus prevents its falling out after being dropped into the barrel. This obviates the Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug, 11 191ML Application filed October 25, 1913. Serial No. 797,177.

need of springs, catches, or any special devices or holding the marble, shot, or other missile, obviates trouble or exactness in loading, and permits the use of any size of marble from the maximum receivable in the bore to the smallest size` capable of getting into the path of the hammer, thrower or ejector 6. The latter is preferably loosely mounted on, and against rotary movement relative to, a. shaft, spindle or pivot 7, which, as shown in Fig.` 1 has a squared portion adapted to engage a hole 8, with fiat sides, in the ejector which has a disk portion 9. ln the edge ot this disk are a series of notches or teeth10- to be engaged by a wedge-shaped point 11 of a trigger 12 pivoted on a stud 13 cast as a part of, or projecting from one ot the `halves of the body ot the gun, designated, respectively as 3 and 3. The linger portion of the trigger is held normally pressed out bya spring 1a one end of which engages a lug 15 on the trigger while the other end bearsagainst any suitable shoulder or stop 16 within the body ot thc shooter. The ejector 6 is a piece of metal bent upon itself making it substantially two members such as shown in Fig. 1 between which is a space 17 sutliciently wide to admit a coiled or spiral spring 18 one end ot' which is secured to a stud 19 cast as a part of or secured to the section 3 ot the body, while the other end is attached to the free or outer end of the ejector in which is a hole 20 for a hook portion 21 on the spring' 18. In Fig. 1 the thrower or hammer is shown cocked with the trigger nose or point Vengaging the last of the notches 10. This is actuated by a spiral spring and it is tensioned both by bending and stretching it over and around the pivot 7. The dotted lines in Fig. 1 show the normal length and position of the spring before being stretched and bent.

22 represents a marble or missile and 23 a screw by means of which the two halves or sections 3 and 3 of the body of the shooter are fastened together, this screw, in the usual manner, having threaded engage ment with a bore in one of the sections while the head of the screw engages the other sections to draw the two sections together. The pivot 7 is mounted in suitable bores in the body sections 3 and 3 and is hollow or of tubular form. Onone end of thislpivo't 7 is a flange 24 which engages one side of the stock. Vithin the tubular pivot- 7 is mounted rotatably a shank 25 of a lever 26. On the end of this shank 25 is a flange 27 which engages the opposite side of the stock. The pivot 27, and therewith the arm, thrower, ejector or hammer 6, is rotated to stretch the spring and cock the member 6 by the lever 26. For this purpose the head or flange 24 of the pivot 7 is provided with a laterally projecting lug 28 which is engaged bythe Lipper side of the lever as it is swung backwardly to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 2. When the ejector 6 has been cocked in this manner the lever is thrown forward to its normal position shown in full lines in Fig. 2 when it is not affected or moved by the rotation of the ejector or pivot 7 during discharge, or after the trigger has been pulled. The only exposed part, therefore, that rotates during discharge is the head or flange 24:, "as the hammer or ejector 6 is completely incased within the shooter casing.

The chief advantages of the abovede scribed construction are eXtreme simplicity of construction, the absence ofswinging projecting parts liable to injure the hand of a child, the possibility of loading and securely retaining the marble or missile by simply dropping it into the barrel, the adaptability of the shooter to receive all sizes of marbles and the like from the maximum receivable to a mereshot, the long throw of the ejector or hammer, and the compound, and consequently lengthened, action of the spring due to the bending and stretching of same. Moreover the adaptability of the construction to the spiral spring, which is a staple market commodity, obviates the necessity of providing a special form of spring, and the spiral spring acting in the manner indicated is not so liable to break or become overstretched as a flat spring with like range of throw or action. The other parts are, as shown, designed with like economies in view so as to adapt the toy for sale at the low price that a device of this kind must be sold to be generally used. The plurality of notches in the disk portion of the hammer or with a barrel and stock or handle, of a 4pa's- L sage or bore having a semicircular rear portion and an ejector or hammer revolubly mounted and confined within said rear portion and occupying a cocked `position in ad-` vance of its pivot whereby a missile lodged against said ejector or hammer is supported against falling out when the barrel is pointed downward in a vertical position.

2. The combination with a marbleshooter having a bore `terminating in the. stock in the form of a return bend, ofva hammer or ejector, and; a spring for actuating said hammer 'or ejector, said springbeing both bent and stretched when said ejector is cocked. f

3. In a shooter ofthe class described, a bore having a semicircular rear portion, a hammer or ejector revolving in said portion and occupying a cocked position forwardly of its axis, and a coiled spring for actuating said hammer or ejector, said spring being -bent about the axis of said ejector or ha1nmer and also tensioned by lengthening it.

4; In a marble shooter, the combination with the barrel and stock, of gravity means' for retaining a missile against displacement when the barrel is Vpointed downward, a hammer or ejector entirely concealed within said shooter, and cockingmeans for cooking said hammer withinsaid stock, said cocking means adapted to remain stationary after said hammer or ejector has been liberated' by the trigger to dischargesaid shooter.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my handin the presence of two subscribing witnesses. y NnLs e. NnLsoN.

Witnesses: v

`ALFRED LARsoN, 'SWAN O. WIDELL.

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